The older brother
Continuing in Luke 15, Austin Duncan turns to the older brother, who stays home and works but refuses to come in to his father's celebration. The sermon shows how a person can be lost through resentment as easily as through rebellion, keeping a ledger of service instead of enjoying the father. It ends with the father going outside a second time, inviting older brothers to the table.
My mission
My mission as a pastor is to faithfully preach the Word, shepherd people well, make disciples who make disciples, and develop leaders who can carry the mission of Jesus into the church, their homes, their communities, and wherever God sends them.
Austin W. Duncan·Pastor and Bible teacher·Crosswalk Church, Brentwood, Tennessee
The Bible can handle your hardest questions.
My aim is simple: help you read Scripture carefully and understand what you find, without pretending the hard parts are easy or the easy parts are hard.
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